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MOTOGP MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 12/AUGUST 29, 2015 SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT/NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, GREAT BRITAIN P66 Petrucci had qualified 18th but had finished lap one ninth, and just carried on. Both he and his bike liked the wet, and at the end he beat Andrea Dovizioso's factory Ducati for a career best (by miles) second, making it the rain got heavier at the end. It was enough to make a new star—not just a first podium for Pramac Ducati's Danilo Petrucci, but sec- ond place, and even at one stage a sniff of catching Rossi, before discretion kicked in. had relinquished for the first time two weeks ago at Brno. They arrived at Silverstone equal on points but with Lorenzo two wins up. They left with Rossi 12 points clear once again. Conditions were dire and the STEADY DANNY Moved from the first race to last, Moto3 had settled weather. The downside? It was proper rain, getting heavier as the race wore on. It meant a race of attrition, with 20 finishers from 36 starters. Several had fallen at least once, some twice, and a heroic Jorge Martin on the Mapfre Mahindra three times, the last proving terminal. It made Danny Kent's steady ride from the front row to a massive vic- tory—his sixth of the year—all the more impressive. The Leopard Honda rider's progress was not completely calm—he was out of the seat at least once. It was still superbly judged, and well rewarded, when his closest title rival Enea Bastianini on the Gresini Honda, never in the hunt, crashed out towards the end of a grueling race. First-time pole starter Jorge Na- varro on the E-G Honda and second qualifier Karel Hanika on the Red Bull KTM both crashed on lap one; RBA KTM's Isaac Vinales took over the lead for three laps, by now a second ahead of Kent; himself even further ahead of Drive M7 KTM's Jakub Kornfeil. Vinales slipped off on lap four; Kent was alone. He stayed that way, as imperious as a stripling on a tiddler can be. There was all sorts behind. Martin had deposed Sky VR46 KTM's Romano Fenati from fourth when he fell for the first time on lap two; and now fast-starter Maria Herrera on the Laglisse Husqvarna started to press the Italian for a while. She crashed on lap six, after Gresini Honda's Andrea Locatelli got by. He too would fall. By now Ongetta Honda's Niccolo Antonelli had come through to take up the challenge, chased by Mapfre Jorge Lorenzo (99) took the early lead, but lost ground to his Italian teammate and ended the day outside the podium in fourth.